P Money, let me begin by saying I think the work you do is important and needed. Full stop. Just thank you. I agree that the behavior you outline helps no one
I do however; have two snits
1: the opposite of schadenfreude is freudenfreude, which is the feeling of joy for someone else’s joy
2: this is still schadenfreude in the classic sense. These people are not actually standing up for anyone, there is no praxis here, it’s just people co-opting popular movements for social media clout and in-signaling for tribal biases. The poster who goes viral for sharing images of police brutality at a place they never considered going to, is looking for validation for smugly staying home and going viral instead
Dunno if this is important to bring up or not- had I seen it in US media I'd have figured the purpose of publicizing it was to slam the GOP.
But it was in RT.
<<Soros funding US pro-Palestinian protests – media
A network of nonprofits has reportedly paid student groups organizing tent cities in colleges, according to the New York Post>>
https://www.rt.com/news/596640-student-protests-palestine-soros/
P Money, let me begin by saying I think the work you do is important and needed. Full stop. Just thank you. I agree that the behavior you outline helps no one
I do however; have two snits
1: the opposite of schadenfreude is freudenfreude, which is the feeling of joy for someone else’s joy
2: this is still schadenfreude in the classic sense. These people are not actually standing up for anyone, there is no praxis here, it’s just people co-opting popular movements for social media clout and in-signaling for tribal biases. The poster who goes viral for sharing images of police brutality at a place they never considered going to, is looking for validation for smugly staying home and going viral instead